Acknowledgement and Disclaimer ⅲ
Acronyms ⅳ
List of Tables and Figures ⅵ
Foreword by President of the Korean Institute of Criminology ⅶ
Introduction. ⅸ


I. Overview of the Towards AsiaJust Programme 1

II. Major Achievements in 2012

Transnational Organized Justice 15
A. The Senior Level workshop on Mutual Legal Assistance 17
B. Preparation of Establishing Asset Recovery Inter-agency Network 41
C. Prosecutor Exchange Programme 51

Rule of Law 63
A. Participation in the Asian-Pacific Council for Juvenile Justice 65
B. Assistance to Timor-Leste to Draft a Bill on Drug Control 75
C. Assistance to the Philippines to Draft a Bill on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters 82
D. Assistance to Thailand to Improve Law Enforcement-Prosecution Collaboration 89

Other Activities 97
A. Co-organization of ‘UN Cybercrime Study Workshop’ in Bangkok 99
B. The 4th Asian Criminological Society 108
C. Contribution to Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment Report 116


III. Future Direction and Priorities 123

Annex 129
Annex A Informal Reference Note ‘the Senior-level Mutual Legal Assistance workshop in East Asia and the Pacific’ 131
Annex B Weekly Report for Prosecutor Exchange Programme 142
Annex C Cybercrime Legislation of Selected ASEAN Countries and its Neighboring States 144

This report is written by Mr. Inshik Sim, a researcher of the Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC). In March 2012, Mr. Inshik Sim was seconded to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Centre for EastAsia and the Pacific (UNODC RCEAP) to support the implementation of the Towards AsiaJust Programme (TAJ). Though the author was working at the UNODC RCEAP at the time of drafting this publication, the author does not represent the official position and view of the UNODC RCEAP.
 
 
The author is especiallygrateful to Prof.emer.Dr.jur Il-Su Kim (President of KIC) and Dr. Eun-Kyoeng Kim (Director of International Center for Criminal Justice, KIC) for their immense and continuous support to TAJ. A special thanks also to Mr. Keebong Paek (Senior Prosecutorial and Judicial Adviser, UNODC RCEAP) for his overall guidance and many insightfulcomments during the drafting and review process of this report.
 
 
Annex A in this publication, ‘Informal Reference Paper for the Senior-level Mutual Legal Assistance in East Asia and the Pacific,’ was drafted by Mr. Francesco Salonia during his internship period with TAJ, the second quarter of 2012. His kind contribution was reviewed and edited by the team of TAJ.